Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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